October 17, 2022

The next day, Cole still hasn’t returned, so the search party continues to form.

Oleander walks in, looking around. "Hey Luna, have you seen Cole?"

Luna turns to Oleander. "Cole went over to Nicky's Dromen domain to attempt to capture her for something called a scarecrow, but it seems she's having issues returning, so we're gonna go rescue her in a couple hours."

Oleander blinks in confusion. "Whos Nicky?"

"A nonferal hadal dromen. Basically Sparrow but a million times more unhinged. They've been a thorn in our sides for the past year and change now. No matter what name they go by, they smell just as foul."

Sparrow zones back in "At least I’m not insane."

Luna nods. "Damn right Sparrow."

"I see... Can I help save Cole?" Oleander asks, cracking his knuckles

"Of course. It's an open invitation."

Oleander nods and leaves the room to eat and grab his weapons.

Luna turns to Spider. "So yeah, right now, we're just waiting for everyone to be ready to go. If you wanna come with us and potentially fight a bunch of needle wielding mascots and whatever the fuck else is there, you're welcome to."

"Right, sure I'll join."

"Thank you." Luna says with appreciation.

Oleander returns with his bag, gauntlet and sword. He's carrying his mask with him.

"Awwright, all we're waiting for now is Knight and Kade."

"Ill join as well." Sparrow says.

"Awesome. Thank you Sparrow. It's like we got a whole party to go rescue the princess from the evil dark lord's castle." She grins and is clearly excited to be in her element. Luna snaps her fingers as a bunch of various objects seem to float towards her with a purple glow. She's got her pink ichor claymore, her marked broadsword, and messenger bag of holding on her.

Oleander puts on his mask and waits.

Spider gets up and looks at Sparrow. "Don't take this the wrong way but any chance I can convince you to stay here?"

"Okay, Kade is ready. Now we just wait for Knight."

"I barely do anything as it is Spi, besides this is my father we're talking about" Sparrow replies

"Did you not hear Luna mention those mascots? Those fuckers are vicious mate."

"I know dear but if anything we will be better with numbers on our side."

"There's probably divulgars there too, if what Roxy said is correct. Hadals make divulgars apparently."
Luna shrugs. "Not sure if that works with previous iteration hadals, but it's something we need to be aware of. Point is, we need numbers and people capable of fighting if we're gonna save Cole."

She shakes her head still looking at Sparrow. "And? I don't want you getting hurt."

"So, hadals and divulgars. Do they have a weakness?" Oleander asks.

Knight rolls in. “Parkour!”

"Fuck yeah Knight, welcome to the party." She turns back to Oleander. "Not sure actually. If this was previous iteration, hadals would likely be weak to my ichor blade, but it seems like everything is different enough. I can say that whatever the hell attacked us in the front yard almost two months ago, the three screen divulgar, it seemingly resisted my ichor blade.”

"Spi, we can go back and forth forever, but I’m going either way."

The front door opens and Kade walks out, the forests of wrath behind him as closes it and sits on the floor.

"I agree with Sparrow, plus she's a dromen. Her strength will help us a lot." Luna adds.

"Fine," Spider sighs. “But you better keep yourself safe.”

Luna announces to everyone, "Alright, so here's the mission. We need to enter Nicky's domain, find Cole somehow, and teleport with her out. Sounds simple, but we might get overloaded with enemies, so we'll need to stay cautious. Sound good everyone?"

“Yep!” Knight says. Oleander nods.

"So the first question is, how do we enter Nicky's domain? I've never been there. Lemme check with Max." Max tells Luna how Cole entered the domain. "Alright, we head to Meridian and hope we get transported in. Not as cut and dry as I had hoped, but it's a start."

Luna takes a deep breath. "Alright y'all ready to rescue THE GENESONE?"

Oleander nods again. "yep"

“Yeeeeeaaaah!” Knight cheers

"As ever." Kade nods.

Sparrow nods

"Awwright. Anyone who can't teleport, take one of my hands." Luna holds out her paws. "We're gonna meet up by the Walmart, as that about as dead center in Meridian as we can get."

Knight takes a paw.

Oleander takes her other paw

"Alright, meet up at walmart. Let's a go." Luna, Oleander, and Knight disappear together.

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